After Jesus’ resurrection, He returns to heaven, but not before giving an assignment to His followers that couldn’t be accomplished alone. They would need each other and a supernatural partner, the Holy Spirit. The book of Acts is the story of the beginnings of the Church and how they carried out the mission placed before them. The story of God’s rescue and redemption continues today, so we are also invited to participate. This means we have must look back to the 1st century to learn how we go forward in the 21st.

There are lots of heroes of the faith in the Bible like Moses, Esther, David, and Paul, but as we take a closer look we find that they have some pretty significant flaws, make some big mistakes, and overcome some significant hurdles. The Scripture is filled with people just like us. who faced the same things we face and finished their race…and now they are cheering us on. What can we learn from them? What would their encouragement be to us?

Join us as we take a look at the lives of those who have come before us and their challenge to each of us.

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,” Hebrews 12:1